echo PHP array to see its properties/values

Question

I'm querying a database through php and trying to store the result as a php array.

But when I echo $results and call the file in my browser, I just see "Array"

How can I see the results/whats inside of the array?

//find data as an associative array
$results = ORM::for_table('table_name')
            ->where('slug', 'slug_name')
            ->where('date', DATE>='2000-01-01')
            ->where('data', DATA)
            ->find_array();

echo $results

possible duplicate of [How to echo an array in PHP?](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/9816889/how-to-echo-an-array-in-php) — Dallin, Mar 19 '15 at 15:39
maybe interesting... [A more pretty/informative Var_dump alternative in PHP](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2141585/a-more-pretty-informative-var-dump-alternative-in-php). — Ryan Vincent, Mar 19 '15 at 16:15

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 19 '15 at 15:33

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use print_r($results) or var_dump($results)

Better approach to view on the browser would be

echo "<pre>" . print_r($results) . "</pre>";

or

echo "<pre>" . var_dump($results) . "</pre>";

answered Mar 19 '15 at 15:33

DJ'

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 19 '15 at 15:34

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I use the following function to create a more readable dump.

function debug($v) {
    echo '<pre>';
    print_r($v);
    echo '</pre>';
}

answered Mar 19 '15 at 15:34

Dave

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David Petersen · Accepted Answer · 2015-03-20T13:23:04.527

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the value of an array element can be another array, multidimensional, using the foreach shows each bucket contains the associative buckets slug, date, data

foreach($results as $result) {
 echo $result['slug'], '<br>';
 echo $result['date'], '<br>';
echo $result['data'], '<br>';
}

edited Mar 20 '15 at 13:23

answered Mar 19 '15 at 15:52

David Petersen

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Please add a description for your code, we try to avoid code-only answers – Phate01 Mar 19 '15 at 15:58

echo PHP array to see its properties/values

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